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refurbish

[ree-fur-bish] / riˈfɜr bɪʃ /


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Apple will have to streamline its process for reclaiming leased hardware and be prepared to refurbish devices at scale once customers return them, Feinseth said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

While I fruitlessly tapped my L.A. street art connections, Valdez posted in Goodbye Pillarhenge Park: “Looking for the original artist to refurbish the bird.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Privately held Restore Robotics has the legal clearance to refurbish used da Vinci surgical robotic instruments, which it then sells back to hospitals at a discount.

From Barron's Apr. 21, 2026

Under the agreement, British Steel will supply 120,000 tonnes of steel to refurbish two major ports in Lagos, with the contract worth £70m.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

This would be a time to find a sheltered place beside a stream to rest and refurbish.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

During the winter season the department typically takes a break in mosquito surveillance and refurbishes their traps.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2026

The company then refurbishes and resells the suitcases.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

Now Music Magpie has two workshops in the UK and one in the US, where it refurbishes all sorts of unwanted electronics.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2022

BBB, a privately held Alabama-based company which refurbishes car parts, did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

From Reuters Aug. 2, 2022

He worked in the barbershop for a while, then got a job working for Free Venture, an environmentally certified nonprofit that refurbishes and recycles e-waste on-site.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

The building has now been substantially refurbished and its facade changed, but it has been a huge headache for Austrian authorities, who want to prevent it from becoming a site of neo-Nazi pilgrimage.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Twain bought the retreat for $3,250,000 in the early 1990s, then refurbished and expanded the 28,000-square-foot residence to add a recording studio.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Hearn has told US media he visited the refurbished pool after a bike ride and noticed a piece of partially detached "American blue" paint liner.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

With a global memory-chip shortage driving up prices for new tech, the refurbished market has never looked so good.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

The Captain made both me and Call sit down in his clean, refurbished living room.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

The leasing option could also benefit Apple’s refurbishing program, Feinseth said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

He has an unusual business model, finding bikes at yard sales and sometimes making bulk deals, refurbishing them and selling far below what they would cost new.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Other benefits she allegedly received included "vast quantities of luxury goods at Harrods and other high-end stores" and £4.6m spent on refurbishing properties in London and Buckinghamshire, the trial at Southwark Crown Court was told.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2026

Flores, 66, built his career buying old wells from bigger peers, refurbishing them and squeezing the last drops.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

Building the synchrotron and the hot lab and refurbishing the 184-inch would cost at least another $605,000.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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